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Country | Canada |
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Ownership | |
Owner | Canadian Broadcasting Corporation |
History | |
Launch date | 1936 |
Former names | CBC Radio (1936–44, 1962–97) Trans-Canada Network (1944–62) |
Coverage | |
Availability | AM and FM frequencies across Canada Bell Satellite TV Shaw Direct Sirius XM |
Links | |
Website | cbc |
CBC Radio One is the English-language news and information radio network of the publicly owned Canadian Broadcasting Corporation. It is commercial-free and offers local and national programming. It is available on AM and FM to 98 percent of Canadians and overseas over the Internet, and through mobile apps. CBC Radio One is simulcast across Canada on Bell Satellite TV satellite channels 956 and 953,[1] and Shaw Direct satellite channel 870.[2]
A modified version of Radio One, with local content replaced by additional airings of national programming, is available on Sirius XM channel 169. It is downlinked to subscribers via SiriusXM Canada and its U.S.-based counterpart, Sirius XM Satellite Radio.
In 2010,[needs update] Radio One reached 4.3 million listeners each week. It was the largest radio network in Canada.[3]